MINNEAPOLIS -- The cost of insuring the Metrodome is on its
way up because of the Sept. 11 attacks, according to an adviser to
the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission.

Jeff Isenberg, a risk management adviser, estimates that
property, liability and terrorism insurance for the Metrodome will
increase from $283,000 last year to about $500,000 -- including
about $103,000 for terrorism coverage that wasn't a separate cost
last year.

The facilities commission -- which runs the Metrodome -- is not
alone. Sports stadiums across the country are dealing with the
aftermath of Sept. 11 and an overall increase in the insurance
market.

Property and liability insurance at Miller Park in Milwaukee was
$225,000 last year. This year, the bill was expected to be $2.25
million. The Milwaukee Brewers share ownership in the 2-year-old
stadium.

Some franchises face cost increases of 200 percent over last
year, according to a major league baseball survey.